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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



SHARON, 

MASSACHUSETTS, 

THE 

HEALTHIEST TOWN 

IN 

NEW ENGLAND. 



COPYRIGHTED 1892. 



W. B. WICKES 



SHARON : 

•RINTEU AT THE OJ^FICE OF THE ADVOCATE, 
1892 

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SHARON, 

MASSACHUSETTS, 
HEALTHIEST TOWN 



NEW ENGLAND, 






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now TO REACH SIIAUOX. ] _J 

Sharon i^ scvcnteou miles from Boston 
ami twenty-live from Providence, on tlif 
main line of tlie Providence Division of 
the Old Colony Railroad. There are 
thirteen trains from Boston each week- 
day, includinu' a theatre train and four 
trains from Boston on Snnday. Time of 
trains from Boston, twenty-nine to forty 
minutes. This road is one of the oldest. 
best-e(inipped and most carefully man- 
aged roads in the country. It crosses no 
tlrawljridgesJs double-tracked with heavy 
steel rails its entire length, and the trains 
are supplied with plenty of cars, so each 
passenger can have a seat. 

As most of the trains are express be- 
tween Boston and Sharon, and consume 
but thirty minutes l^etween the two 
places, it will be seen that Me are prac- 
tically as near Boston as many places 
that join that city. 

The Boston station on Columljus Ave- 
nue and Park Square, at the foot of Bos- 
ton Common, is convenient and comfor- 
table, and architecturally is the most 
beautiful in the United States. It is said 
hy those who have travelled extensively 
to be unequalled in the world, when con- 
venience, looks and surroundings are tak- 
en into account. The station in Sharon 
is also well adapted to the wants of the 
travelling public and is supplied with the 
famous Sharon Spring water, and the 
yard and grounds are finely graded and 
embellished with shrubs and flowers. 



Single farcfe froiu Sluuou to Borston, 
forty cents; tlve tickets, one dollar and 
seventy-tive cents, or tliirty-tlve cents 
each; a three months' ticket, t^venty dol- 
lars ; a tAvo months' ticket, tlfteen dollars ; 
one month, eiglit dollars. The net cost 
on a three months' ticket is only twelve 
cents a trip ; on a two months' fourteen 
cents; and on a one month ticket, fifteen 
cents. Single fares from Sharon to Prov- 
idence, sixty cents. One thousand-mile 
tickets, good on any portion of the (31d 
Colony system, twenty dollars. Tassen- 
gers from New Yorlv can reach Sharon bj' 
the all-rail Shore Line or l^y the l^rovl- 
dence steamboat line. To drive from 
Boston to Sliaron, take Brush Hill turn- 
pike and come via Canton. From Ja- 
maica Plain come via Dedhani and Nor- 
wood. Prom New Bedford, Taiuiton 
and Fall IJiver, come via Easton Furnace, 
or come by rail via Mansfield 

Sharon has tine mail facilities, there 
being thirteen mails to and from the post- 
ortice each weekday. The Western Un- 
ion Telegraph Company has an ottice in 
the railroad station, and the wires of the 
New England Telephone Company ena))le 
us to talk with all the country. Commu- 
nication can l)e had, at all hours of the 
day or night, direct with my residence iu 
Sharon from any telephone in Boston, or 
any of the surrounding towns, and, iu 
fact, ])j^ means of the long distance tele- 
phone, witli almost any large city in the 
land. As the railroad time-table is liable 
to slight changes, it is omitted from this 
book, but a correct one will be furnished 
on application to n]e. 



DESCRIPTION. 

SiiAfjox. Norfolk County, Massachu- 
setts. otters areat inducements to the farm-f 
er, the poultr.y keeper, the irardencr, 
the manufacturer and the invalid, as also 
to those seeking a quiet, pleasant home. 
Its attractions as a suburban residence, 
especially to those doing business in Bos- 
ton, Providence and neishborina; towns 
and cities, are unec(ualled l^y any other 
place Avithin fifty miles of Boston. 

Sharon is the most elevated town in 
eastern Massacliusetts, and from its situ- 
ation and the nature of the soil, the natu- 
ral drainage is almost perfect. It is at 
the summit of the watershed (»f three 
rivers, and is a singular fact that though 
a very large town in extent, yet not one 
drop of water runs into it from any oth- 
er town, but water runs out of Sharon in- 
to eacli of the seven adjoining towns. 
Thus it will be seen that the air and the 
w^ater of Sharon can never be polluted by 
the drainage of any other town. 

The town is from two hundred to five 
hundred and thirty feet above sea level. 
It is sheltered on the east by the Blue 
Hills of Milton. The soil is gravelly and 
contains iron, and there is a great deal of 
pine Avood growing in the town. All of! 
these things, with the perfect drainage, 
tend to make the air of Sharon, pure and 
healthy: but in addition to all this, some 
as yet undiscovered la-\v, causes a large 
amount of ozone to always exist in the 
air here, making it at all times soft, balmy 



•and extremely agr^ieable. Even the mucli 
and justly abused east wind is deprived 
of its harshness here and is not disagree- 
able. 

In 1871 the Boston Traveller said : "In 
a work on local causes of consumption 
by Dr. Bowditch, published in 18r.2, he 
speaks of Sharon as likely to be free from 
lung diseases. The correctness of his 
opinion is now shown by the ofticial rec- 
ords, from which it appears that one- 
fourth of all who have died in the town 
in the last five years were over eighty 
yeSLYS of age, and more have died from old 
age than from consumption. 

"In the first four months of this year, 
one-half the deaths in the town M'ere 
from okl age. and were of persons over 
eighty-seven. It should be added that 
Sharon is a growing town, with twenty 
per cent of its inhabitants between five 
and twenty years of age." 

More than fifty years ago, when the 
Boston & Providence Railroad was being- 
built, Major McXeil, who was then the 
most eminent civil engineer in this coun- 
try, spent some time in Sharon. He pub- 
lished an article calling attention to the 
remarkably pure air of Sharon, but at 
that time the influence of climate on 
health had not received attention and 
the matter was forgotten until twenty 
years later, when the late A. 1). Bacon, 
M. D., of Sharon, called the attention of 
other physicians to the subject. 

Dr. Bacon said: "I have never seen 
contao-ious or infectious diseases be- 



come oi>idcinic here. 1 have had cases of 
small pox, diphtlieria and scarlet fever 
in their most virulent form among- my 
patients, under circumstances where Ave 
should suppose they would spread fear- 
fully, ]3ut those most exposed did not 
take the disease." He also said: "All 
diseases seem to yield more readily to 
medical treatment here than in any other 
locality with which I am acquainted." 

Careful tests made under the direction 
of a scientific man have shown more 
ozone in the air of Sharon than in any 
other place where tests have been made 
east of the Kocky Mountains. 

Ozone exists here in sucn quantities as- 
to destroy all disease germs in theatmos- 
])here, so that no infectious or contagious- 
disease ever has become ei)idemic Jiere, 
and probably none ever will. The New 
York Medical Tribune says : --Air loaded 
with putrid or miasmatic exhalations is 
immediately purified by contact with oz- 
onized air, and again a developement of 
such exlialation cannot Avell take place in 
the presence of ozone. Tlie action of 
ozone on such impure air is extremely 
powerful. According to Schcebein, an 
atmosphere containing only 1-3240000 of 
ozone is capable of destroying all noxious 
matter contained in an efpial volume of 
miasmatic air. Where or whenever there 
is a deficiency of this quantity of ozone, 
there will occur zymotic and contagious 
diseases, such as typhoid, scarlatina, 
measles, small pox, miasmatic fevers, 
yellow fever, etc.. as well as all sorts of 
skin diseases." 



By the utlicial report of 1888 it ai)pears 
there Avei'e twenty-two deaths in Slaron 
that year, of which nnniber eight were of 
persons Avho came here in very feeble 
healtli. This leaves the actual number of 
deaths of Sharon people fourteen, or less 
than ten in one thousand. There were 
in town about one hundred and twenty- 
tive chiklren under live years of age. and 
(Mi]y two deaths of children under rive 
years, and yet some thirty of the cliildren 
in town were waifs, sent liere to 1)oard, 
most of them weakly and fed from the 
bottle. Can any other town show such a 
record? Here comes in my theory that 
Sharon milk is more liealthy than that 
from other towns. The records will 
show that the chances of a baby living to 
grow up are several times l)etter in Shar- 
on than they are in almost any otlier 
place. 



SHAROX AS A HEALTH RESORT. 

IIAY I'KVKIt, COXSUMPTIOX AX I) IJOSK COLD 
CURED. 

The i>ure air of Sharon has already 
been spoken of. It is of such a peculiar 
nature that invalids feel its curative etfects 
at once and I most earnestly advise the 
side and convalescent to sive it a trial. 
I can sive the addresses of people who 
have been cured by a residence in Sharon 
of what M'as pronounced l)y the best doc- 
tors to be the last stages of consumption, 
and can assure everyone aftlicted with 
lung- trouble that they will be sure to find 
relief here, if they are not fully cured. 

There have been many cases of Hay 
Fever and Rose Cold cured here. The 
air of Sharon has been found beneficial 
for very youns," children, and the several 
charitable institutions of Boston that 
have charge of babies send many of their 
wards here to board. Though these are 
usually orphans who have inherited dis- 
eases from one or both of their parents, 
and are necessarily while here led f rem 
a bottle, yet with Sharon air and Sharon 
milk, the great majority of them live and 
thrive. 

Physicians in Boston and in towns 
nearer Sliaron, having seen the effects of 



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Sharon air on these babies, are beginnin«: 
to also send tlie weal^Iy children of their 
Avealtliy patrons here to board. 

Tlie i)est pliysicians all over New Eng- 
land and New York have learned the ben- 
eficial ettects of Sliaron air, and send 
their chronic and convalescent patients 
to me to get them boarded, {?nd though 
this part of my business is of no benefit 
to me. I am always happy to aid sucli 
people to get places suited to their re- 
quirements and their purses, and from my 
long and ^-aried experience I am often 
able to make valuable suggestions on the 
subject. 

No person who is sick should go to any 
far-ott"land in search of health and rest, 
until they have given Sharon a trial, since 
here one is not necessarily deprived of 
any comfort, luxury or medical attend- 
ance tliat can be obtained in any city in 
our land. Kemember, the air of Sharon 
is entirely dift'erent from that of any 
other town in the vicinity. Invalids will 
almost always feel its beneficial eflects as 
soon as they arrive here, and the trouble 
and cost of giving it a trial are merely 
nominal. 

I can give the addresses of doctors of 
all schools in Boston, New York, New- 
port, Fall River, New Bedford, and many 
other places, who have had patients sick 
with most of the diseases that flesh is 
heir to, who have derived benefit from a 
residence here, but reference to them is 
hardlv necessarv, since the best of the 



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}iiedical profo^si(jii tliroui^liout ilic coun- 
try are enthusiastic in their praises of 
Sharon air. But many times they tint"! it 
liard to convince their patients that so 
simple and easy a change as a journey to 
Sliaron -will ettect their cure. 

Said one of Boston's best pliysicians 
not h:>ng ago, "If I couhl malvc my Avealthy 
l)atients l)elieve in Sliaron as I do. I could 
till every house in your little town, but 
tliey think they ought to go way otf some- 
where." Again, we say to all invalids, 
liive Sharon air atrial. It won't cost yon 
much, and may and probal)ly will benefit 
you as it has hundreds of others. 

Owners of fancy animals have found 
that the air of Sharon is as beneficial to 
beast as to man, and send their valuable 
dogs and horses here to board. In 1872, 
when almost every horse throughout the 
land Mas sick witii epizootic, our horses 
in Sharon escaped, though used every 
day, thus showing that the ozone in the 
air here does kill disease germs. In one 
case at that time, a horse driven into 
town by a pedlcr, died of the disease, 
while the expressman's horse in the next 
stall, did not take it, though no special 
precautions were used to prevent it. 

SIIAllON SAXITAUHM. 

The Sharon Sanitarium for the treat- 
ment of incipient pulmonary troubles, is 
the first one of the kind in New P]ngland, 
though there are several successful ones 
in Europe. It was located in Sliaron on 
•icc'ount of the well known curative cttocts 



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<^f Sharon air and the pure water here. 
The builclhig "vvas erected under the di- 
rect supervision of an eminent physician 
Avlio had examined the best sanitariums 
in the workl, and it contains every con- 
A'cnience known to medical science. The 
buildino- was opened to patients in Febru- 
ary, 1891, and in the short time it has 
been in operation its success has fully 
justitied the hopes of its founders. Al- 
though a small amount of weekly l)oard 
is charged, the institution is virtually a 
charitable oue. At present only Avomeu 
patients are received. It is hoped there 
will soon l)e erected some small cottages 
adjoining the present building, so that 
both sexes can be received. Visiting- 
days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- 
days, from two to five o'clock. The 
])oard of directors are as follows : Na- 
thaniel li. Stone, Treasurer, Fiske Build- 
ing, State St., Reginald Gray, Alfred 
Bowditch, L. Vernon Briggs, Miss Olivia 
T. Bowditch, Miss M. Harriet Denny, 
Miss Alice M. Curtis, Mrs. Horatio A. 
Lamb ; Medical Directors, Vincent Y. 
Bowditch, M. D., Robert W. Lovctt, M. 
D.: Consulting Physician, Frederick I. 
Knight, M. D.^ 

Applications for admission should l)e 
addressed to "Superintendent of Sharon 
Sanitarium, Sharon, Mass." The public 
are invited to inspect it. 



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The Sharon Water Company supplies 
the town with an abundance^of pure water 
taken from one immense 'spring near 
the liead waters of the Neponset and 
Taunton Hi vers. The waters of this and 
neighboring springs have long been cele- 
brated. Tradition tells us that the In- 
dians and early settlers believed its use 
would cure dyspepsia and jaundice and 
dissolve gall and bladder stones, and even 
in our own day, intelligent people ascribe 
wonderful cures of difierent diseases to 
its use. 

Chemical analysis however shows no 
especial medicinal qualities, but a remark- 
able absence of all deleterious (lualities 
and as far as I am able to discover, it is 
simply very pure water which remains 
ever the same summer and winter. 
Another remarkable thing about it is that 
it retains its purity and freshness a long 
time if kept in glass. The spring flows 
about 330,000 gallons a day. From its 
great elevation there is no danger of its 
ever being contaminated. The water is 
raised by steam power to a stand-pipe, 
from which it is distributed under asuf- 
flcient liead to enter the highest rooms in 
the village and to extinguish fires, the 
town being supplied with three well- 
equipped and well-manned hose compa- 
nies and a hook and ladder company. 

TAXES AND TOWN AFFAIRS. 

Those who would reside where the pub- 
lic affairs are carefully managed and the 



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public inouey judiciously spout, and would 
dodge those towns and cities Avhere reck- 
lessness and extravagance prevail, will 
find in Sharon a desirable home. 

The voters of Sharon are lil)eral in 
making appropriations for all objects 
supported by town taxes, but so carefully 
and judiciously is the money expended 
that the tax is kept low, on a low^ valua- 
tion. Politics never enter into town af- 
fairs, the best men being chosen to of- 
fice without regard to political parties. 
This town was the first one in the State 
to supply free text-books to scholars. It 
supports a High School, though not 
obliged by law to do so, and the schools 
are all kept forty weeks in a year. The 
schools are partly supported by the in- 
come of an invested fund, which was giv- 
en for that purpose many years ago. The 
town debt is small and being rapidly di- 
minished. There is a very good Town 
Hall, good fire apparatus well housed, 
and the town's poor are well cared for 
on a large farm. At present, however, 
there are no paupers, and city people 
sometimes find board at the town farm. 
The appropriations recommended by the 
different boards of town officers are gen- 
erally voted without a dissenting voice. 
Yet with all this liberality on the part of 
the town, the tax rate averages only ten 
dollars on one thousand dollars, and that, 
as has been said, on a low valuation. 

There is a reasonable hope that even 
this low tax rate will soon be considerably 



rcclucod. Tlic- vahuUiuii oi the tuwii is 
but little luoi-e than one million of dol- 
lars Should a few rich people iiain a 
residence here, as tliey talk of doing-, the 
valuation of Sharon would be more than 
doubled, and the tax rate be reduced in 
the same proportion. 

The foUowiuii- extract from the Sharon 
Advocate Avill serve to show what manner 
of a town Sharon is : 

"This town has neither the manuiac- 
tories nor the wealth of most of the ad- 
ioining- toAvns, but in the moral and so- 
cial standing of its people, and its be- 
nevolence and public spirit, it aviU com- 
pare favorablv with other towns. When 
a law was passed permitting toAvns to 
furnish text-books free to schools, it was 
iust like Sharon to be the first tow^i m 
the State to adopt the plan. It was just 
lilve Sharon to support a High School, 
though not compelled by law to do so. 
Eor'thirtv years it has been just like 
Sharon to vote all the money the school 
committee asked for, and these votes are 
o-enerally passed unanimously. In other 
towns andcities appropriations are usual- 
ly hioo-led over and cut down. For thirty 
vear^i't has beenjust like Sharon to vote 
without (luestion almost every cent ot 
money that has been asked for, for every 
reasona])le purpose, and it has been just 
like Sharon to spend that money so ju- 
diciouslv that we take good care of our 
poor have good roads and low taxes, it 
is just like Sharon to have a fine Town , 
Hall at a moderate cost : a good Public ' 



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Library ; to have its lake well stocked 
■with fish ; to have the telephone and tele- 
graph, and to have railroad and mail ac- 
commodations unsurpassed by any town 
of its size within a like distance of Bos- 
ton. More than fifty years ago, a fcAV 
citizens of Sharon supplied themselves 
with pure water from Sharon Springs, by 
forcing it up to an elevation of one hun- 
dred feet, which was something they had 
never seen accomplished, and which wise 
men told them could never be done. This 
was just like Sharon, and unlike any oth- 
er town in the vicinitj^; and now, when 
the old works are inadequate, it is just 
like Sharon to vote unanimously a liberal 
sum to supply the M'hole village with pure 
water. We might mention many other 
commendable tilings in which Sharon is 
unlike otlier towns, if our space would 
permit" 

STORES AND MAIJKETS. 

Sharon being a farming town with milk 
farms, market gardens and poultry yards, 
fresh and nice vegetables, poultry, milk 
and eggs are always to be had. Physi- 
cians say that milk from cows kept in 
Sharon is healthier than that from cows 
kept in less healthy towns. This will not 
seem unreasonable to those who know 
how sensitive the nursing infant is to the 
health of the woman who gives it suste- 
nance. The stores and markets of Shar- 
on supply meats, groceries and fruits, 
equal in quality to the best sold in Boston, 



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and the vast woodlaiuls of Sharon supply 
an abundance of that fuel to those who 
would enjoy the healthy luxury of an 
open wood Are. 

SOCIETY 

Socially, Sharon is like most well or 
dered New England villages, much en 
livened of late, however, by the presence 
of families and individuals of culture 
Avho have come from other places to find 
pleasant, healthy homes here. The Ma- 
sons, Odd Fellows and Grand Army mem- 
bers meet with lodges in Canton, which 
is only tliree miles away. The Shaion 
members of the Grand Army maintain an 
outpost and reading room. There are 
Chautauqua, Unity and several other lit- 
erary clubs and societies which enliven 
the winter evenings for those socially in- 
iclined. Four Churches furnish religious 
instruction. There is a good Public Li- 
brary, free to all. The ToAvn Hall is 
used, for lectures, concerts and entertain- 
ments and assemblies, and a late train 
from Boston and Providence every night, 
summer and winter, gives an opportuni- 
ty to attend lectures, concerts and thea- 
tres, in either city. The town always 
votes no license, and no rum-shops or 
disreputable houses are allowed. 

New comers to the town are sure of a 
cordial welcome from those already here. 
It is characteristic of Sharon people to 
like to see their neighbors have a pleas- 
ant and enjoyable time. 



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SCENERY, WALKS AND DRIVES. 

The scenery, walks and drives of Shar- 
on are unsurpassed, and I think unequaled 
in any ether town in eastern Massacliu- 
setts. They cannot be adequately de- 
scribed, but must be seen to be appreci- 
ated. Usually where the scenery is wild 
the roads are poor, if not absolutely un- 
safe. It is not so here. The roads are 
good in all parts of the town. 

In the following drives you are sup- 
posed to start from the post-office : Every 
one will wish to drive around Massapoag 
pond ; from the post-office back it is six 
miles. Another drive you must take to 
see Sharon is to Moose Hill. The near- 
est town road is past the depot. The 
large new house on your right as you as- 
cen'd the first hill beyond the station, is 
the "Ella Reed Home" built by Miss C. 
Bates, of Boston, as a home for destitute 
children. It will be occupied by Miss- 
Bates as a residence for herself and a 
limited number of children. At her de- 
cease she proposes to leave it in the care 
of Trinity Church in Boston, as a chil- 
dren s home. On the right as you go up 
the next hill is the Sharon Sanitarium. 
The next house on the right was a short 
time ago, occupied by two brothers, 
honest Scotchmen, and although own 
brothers they each was named "John 
Smith." To return from the hill by eas- 
ier grades come down Moose Hill St. to 
Main St. From the summit of this hill 



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may be seen the residences of one-quar- 
ter of all the inlial)itauts of Massachu- 
setts. The following interesting sketch 
of what may be seen from Moose Hill was 
prepared for me by E. G. Chamberlain, 
Esq., of Auburndale, Mass., who is a 
member of the Appalacian Club. 

"Moose Hill is 530 feet above sea level. 
The tower atfords an additional elevation 
of twenty feet. The tower is sciuare, the 
sides facing precisely to the four cardi- 
nal points. Let us take the views in or- 
der from left to right. All elevation are 
reckoned from the sea level and all bear- 
ings from the true meridian. 

Due north is West Dedhara Unitarian 
Church, six miles distant, quite conspicu- 
ous on a hill. A little to the right is Ar- 
lington Heights, twenty miles, and under 
it the Theological Seminary, on Institu- 
tion Hill in Newton. More to the right 
is Norwood village, five miles and Dedham 
with its court-house dome nine miles. 
About N. N. E. is Boston, the State House 
dome bearing N. 25 '^ 27 E., eighteen 
miles. Just at its left is the white tower 
of Roxbury standpipe, and between and 
beycnd them is Bunker Hill Monument. 
A trifle to the right is the large village 
of Hyde Park, ten miles. N. E. is the 
Blue Hill range. Great Blue at the left 
being eight miles distant and 635 feet 
high. A little left of it we may get a 
glimpse of tide water near Winthrop , 
while nearer we look down ou the mead- 
ows of the Neponset river. Next to 



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Great Blue is Hancock Hill, then Hillside 
Street Gap, Bugbee Hill, and the peak of 
Chickataubut, 518 feet high, under whose 
left flank is Bear Hill, Hardly separable. 
In line with Chickataubut is Canton Cor- 
ner Church, five and one-half miles. A 
little to the rigiit is Canton village, four 
miles, and nearly over its left-hand steeple 
is Strawberry Hill, twenty-one miles, 
crowned by a standpipe. To the left of 
this and nearer, is the tower on Penn's 
Hill (in Braintree?) . To the rigfit of the 
right-hand Canton steeple is the triple 
towered Atlantic House at Nantasket, 
twenty-one miles. Between Strawbenry 
Hill and the Atlantic House may be seen 
Massachusetts Bay, the sea horizon line 
being thirty and one-half miles distant. 
A little to the right, nine miles off, are the 
three tall spires of Randolph, about three 
degrees apart, the left-hand one bearing 
E. N. E. Due E. is Sharon, two miles, 
and over it the large village of Stough- 
ton, six miles. Considerably to the right 
ten miles off, is Brockton. Just right 
of its tallest spire is the Standish Monu- 
ment, on Captain's Hill in Duxbury, 
twenty-eight and one-half miles. The 
large pond two miles S. E. is Massapoag. 
Nearly over its left end is East Bridge- 
water, fifteen miles, and over its right 
end Middleboro, twenty-two miles. Due 
S. (S. O'^ 20 W.) is Great Meadow Hill 
in Rehoboth, seventeen miles, crowned 
by a group of trees. Nearly under its 
right base is Mansfield, seven miles. 



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About S. S. W. are the two spires of Fox- 
boro, four and oue-lialf miles. 

Half way between Great Meadow and 
Foxboro, appears a verj' small, sharp 
peak, Oak Hill in Attleboro, fifteen miles 
and nearer, at its right, the village of 
East Attleboro. Turning nearly to W. S. 
W. we see, three miles otT, South Wal- 
pole, with its short white steeple Near- 
ly over its left is the summit of Woon- 
socket Hill, in Rhode Island, tweutv miles. 
To the right of W. S. W. is the tall cu- 
pola of Dean Academy in Franklin, with 
steeples at its right. 

iTurning nearl}"^ to "W. N. W. Ave see the 
low pointed ridge Asnybumskit Hill, in 
Paxton, 1407 feet, thirty-seven miles; and 
more toward N. W. the very conspicu- 
ous Wachnsett Fountain in Princeton, of 
the same range, 2018 feet, forty-three 
miles, is seen over Walpole village, two 
and one-half miles off. Midway between 
Asnybumskit and Wachusetts is seen Rice 
Hill in Rutland, forty-one miles, a little 
left of which is three steeples, nearly in 
line, and above the other; viz., Hopkin- 
ton, seventeen miles, ShreM'sbury, twen- 
ty-eight miles, and Rutland, forty-two 
miles. Somewhat to the right of Wachu- 
setts, is the low ridge of Monoosnook 
Hill in Leominster, forty-one miles, seen 
over Medfield village, six and one-half 
miles oft*. Still to the right Grand Mo- 
nadnock Mountain in JaftVey, N. H. sixty- 
eight mile, 3170 feet high, a sharp peak 



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falling oft' very gradually to the right. 
Between Monoosnook and Monandnock, 
just N. W., is Sherborn Church, eleven 
miles. Against the right flank of Monad- 
nock is the nob of >Yatatick Mountain, in 
Ashburnham, Mass., 1847 feet, lifty-tAvo 
miles, a peak of the Wachusett range. 
This range Ave follow to the right of N. 
H. by Mt. Kidder in New Ipswich, Spof- 
ford and Temple Mountains in Temple, 
and the noticeable twin summits of Pack 
Monadnock, near Peterboro. The latter 
are about 2280 feet high and sixty-two 
miles distant. Between AVatatick and 
Kidder, the near round hill, nineteen miles 
otf, is Xobscot, in Frannnuham, (')02 feet. 
To the right of Pack Monadnock. eight 
miles off, is a group of hills in Dover 
through a gap in which we get a glimpse 
of Lyndeboro Pinnacle, sixty- two miles 
oft". Turning far towards the north Me see 
Prospect Hill, in Waltham. eighteen miles, 
with Little Prospect on its left flank, and 
further left the village of Lincoln, twen- 
ty-one miles. I have identifled some 
prominent buildings in about flfty villages 
some of them requiring tiie telescope. 
Many other villages have been observed, 
but not yet fully identifled. The si)ire at 
the right of Foxboro may ])e proved to ])e 
in Pawtucket, R. [. The calculated bear- 
ing of Brown L'^niversity, at Providence, 
twenty-two and one-half miles, places it 
midway between the Foxboro steeples, 
but I have never been favored with a view 
of it. It is j)robably not visible." 



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The air on the hill is very invigorating:, 
and persons "witli "sveak lungs enjoy it 
much. Invalids, by carrying a lunch and 
spending some hours on the hill, are of- 
ten benefited. I regret that there is no 
boarding place there. Perhaps sometime 
there will be a sanitarium or hotel on the 
hill. It would be well patronized. 

On our return, on Moose Hill Street, 
you will pass the barn of Henry L. de 
Bussigny, where are kept in summer some 
of thetinest saddle horses in the country. 

His stable is wortliy of a visit from all 
lovers of tine-bred horses. 

The poultry house that you pass on re- 
turning is over eight hundred feet long, 
and has a wing, not in sight of the road, 
four hundred and eighty feet long. It 
was intended for ten thousand fowl. It 
is now used as a duck ranch. More than 
five thousand ducks were hatched there 
in 1S91. 

For a short drive take INIain St. to Fox- 
boro, turn the first left through 'Gun- 
house Lane" then next left home. In 
"Gun-house Lane" formerly stood the 
gun-house, in which Avas stored the can- 
non to protect the inhabitants from their 
enemies. Elm Lawn, near the corner of 
the lane, was formerly the Ilandall home- 
stead, and here died, not man}' years ago, 
"Boston Randall," a very aged negro, and 
probably the last slave owned in Massa- 
chusetts. He was brought from Africa, 
and kept as a body servant until he fl- 



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nally became a family pet. He refused his 
freedom, and was kindly cared for by the 
family while he lived. He was buried, 
as was his master's familj^, in the Cliest- 
nut Tree Cemetery. 

Another short drive is past the Sanita- 
rium to the town farm. 

]For a very romantic drive, take Main 
St. and Walpole St. to Mrs. Benjamin 
Roades' liouse, turn sharp to the left and 
follow County St. until it comes to Main 
St., near Paradise cranberry meadow. 
County St. is full of sharp pitches and 
not much travelled, but it is decidedly 
wild, and has a history. It is one of the 
oldest roads in Massachusetts, having- 
been called -'the patli to Bristol." It was 
over this road that Madame Knight rode 
on the ttrst night of her famous journey 
to New York, and the "Wayman's Ordi- 
nary" Avhere she spent the first night, 
stood near where the cranberry store- 
house now stands. Here Ebenezar Bil- 
lings is supposed to have built his tavern 
about 1658, many years before there was 
a white person in what is now Canton. 

For a variety of ferns drive through 
the Pigeon Swamp road. Maiden hair 
ferns grow here. You will have a ro- 
mantic drive to go past Leonard's mill, 
turning sharp to the left at tlie cemetery 
and taking the first right and then the 
next riglit. Xear the house of W. H. 
Agry, on this road, you get a splendid 
view, and an assortment of ferns. 



Drive to Wolomolpoag pond, and turn 
to the left and the next left home. If 
youicare for places of liistoric interest, 
when on this drive take tlie ri.ulit at Mrs. 
T. E. Clark's and go to Clapp's sawmill. 
Here was the foundry wiiere, under Gen. 
Gridley, was cast the first cannon ever 
made in the country. 

Not far from Mrs. Clark's, King Philip 
and his Avarriors camped the night the.y 
burned Medfleld, in 167G. They passed 
the "Wayman's Ordinary" just at dusk, 
but spared it because one of the chiefs 
said, "Billings is Indians' friend." 

It is six miles to Foxboro, and six to 
South Walpole. On the South Walpole 
road, Mr. Lyman Plympton has a culti- 
vated cranberry bog and a cultivated white 
pine grove, both, equal, if not superior to 
any others in the State. To Walpole it 
is five miles, six to NorAvood and three to 
Canton. At Canton, go and see the 
large, solid stone viaduct, by which the 
railroad crosses the highway and Nepon- 
set river. It used to be considered one of 
the wonders of the age. To Dedham it 
is ten miles. Here on East Street is the 
Old Fairbanks house, which has been oc- 
cupied by the same family for two hun- 
dred and forty years. For twenty-five 
cents Miss Fairbanks will show you many 
curious relics and heirlooms of the family. 

To Stoughton it is six miles, and to 
North Easton it is seven. At the latter 
the Unitarian church, the other public 
buildings, and the magnificent arouuds of 



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P. L. Ames, which are open to the public 
are worthy of a visit. To Eastou Fur- 
nace, seven miles, is a pleasant drive, 
and a little ofl' the road, in East Mans- 
field are Austin's poultry grounds. Here 
at times may be seen as many as five 
thousand geese fattening for the market, 
as well as immense quantities of hens, 
ducks and turkeys. Mr. Austin some- 
times feeds sixty bushels of grain a day 
to his fowl. To East Foxboro is six 
miles. Mnch of the way this road runs 
beside the railroad track. 

Lovers of wild flowers and ferns will 
find a great variety here. Those who de- 
light to see farming operations will be 
interested in the market gardens and 
geeenhouses on Sharon plain, and the 
cranberry meadows farther w^est. The 
woods and ponds of Sharon furnish game 
for the hunter, and the numerous ponds 
and brooks furnisn flsli for the angler, 
and the ponds also furnish ample oppor- 
tunities for boating and bathing. Besides 
numerous mill-ponds in Sharon, there are 
two beautiful sheets of water, called 
Wolomolpoag and Massapoag. Though 
only a mile apart they are at the head of 
<Ufferent rivers : one flows to the west 
and the other to the east. Massapoag 
contains four hundred and sixty acres of 
water and is three hundred feet above sea 
level. There is a drive completely around 
it. Formerly the water flowed from this 
pond into both the Taunton and the Ne- 
ponset rivers, The early settlers used to 



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liken it to a leaky barrel, from "which the 
Avater flowed in all directions. 

Being at the summit of botli rivers, it 
was the boundary between the lands of 
the Narraganset and the Massachusetts 
Indians, while AVolomolpoag flowed into 
tlie Tannton and belonged exclusively to 
King Philip's tribe. The name Wolomol- 
poag is Indian and signifles pleasant water 
or sweet water, and it was most truth- 
fully named, being a beautiful sheet of 
water. 

FARMS AND LAND FOR SALE. 

There are several farms within from 
ten to thirty minutes drive of tlie two 
depots in Sliaron, that can be bought very 
low and some of them on easy terms. 
A man who is willing to work can make 
a good living on one of these farms and 
is sure to get a rise on his land. There 
is not and never has been, a boom in 
Sharon real estate, neither has it ever 
been depressed, but there has been a con- 
siderable growth in the village since the 
introduction of water in 1885 and a mark- 
ed rise in the value of eligible house-lots, 
and this rise and growth seems likely to 
continue. Good house-lots within Ave to 
ten minutes walk of churches, railroad, 
station, stores and post-oftice, sell for 
from .$200 to $1000 an acre, or from one- 
half to tAvo cents a foot, according to 
location and condition of land. Most 
people buy lots of one-quarter or better 



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:still, of one-lialf an acre ; this gives ample 
room for vegetable garden and poultry- 
yard. In larger quantities and in some 
localities, a considerable reduction is 
made from these prices. Near the rail- 
road are some large tracts of unimprov- 
ed lands and wood lands that can be 
bouglit cheap. Some of these are well 
worth the attention of capitalists and 
builders as tliey can be cut up at a large 
profit. Poultry and milk farming and 
market gardening is unusually profitable 
in Sharon as our numerous cottagers fur- 
nish a market at the highest retail prices 
and the manufacturing cities and towns 
in the vicinity take all the surplus at re- 
munerative prices. I have farms for 
sale of all sizes up to 300 acres and all 
prices up to §15,000. I have two or 
three extra nice horse and stock farms to 
sell to monied men. 

HOUSES FOR SALE AND TO LET. 

There are houses for sale in and near 
the village with from 10,000 feet to 14 
acres of land and at prices from $700 to 
f 1300. Some of these have all modern 
conveniences and nearly all of them are 
supplied with Sharon spring water. 
There are usually furnished houses to let 
some with ample grounds and stables, 
and a few unfurnished ones but it is 
only fair to say that the supply of places 
to let is usually far short of the demand, 
and rents in Sharon are not so low as in 
some other localities. It is well there- 



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fore if you "vvisli to hire a house to inquire 
early in tlie season. Tliis book is not 
intended as a catalogue of the property 
that is for sale or to let in Sharon and 
because you don't see advertised in it such 
a place as you wish, it doesn't folloAv 
that there is no such place here. 

Before you locate anywhere, write me 
and carefully describe what you wish, or 
better still, come and see me and let me 
show you the town. You will find it is 
all and more than this book claims it is, 
and perhaps you will find here just what 
you wish. You will find my carriage at 
Sharon station on the arrival of the 11.00 
A. M. and 2.00 P. M. trains from Boston 
every pleasant day except Saturdays 
and Sundays. If you wish to come by 
any 6ther train, please notify me by tele- 
graph, telephone or letter. You can at 
all times telephone directly to my house. 

BUSINESS CHANCES. 

There are frequent inquiries from peo- 
ple who would like to reside in Sharon, 
and wish some renumerative business. 
I shall have a new centrally located store 
to let this spring. There are calls for 
men skilled in the building trades and 
someone to sell building material. Board- 
ing house and hotel keepers can always 
find a good opening here, as the call for 
accomodations always far excels the sup- 
ply. I expect this spring to have one or 
two good hotels to sell and possibly some 



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to let. I cau also give an experienced 
person with some capital assistance in 
building a first class new hotel. 

There is also a call for a first class 
country tavern where man and beast can 
find accomodation for a meal or longer. 
Such a house would be sure of a large 
patronage at all times. 

There is an urgent call for one or more 
sanitariums. The success of the one now 
open has caused a great many invalids to 
wish to come to Sharon for treatment, 
ibut the one now here is always full and 
besides it only receives people in moderate 
circumstances and treats only one class 
of^diseases. There are an ahnost unlim- 
ited number of people who are out of 
health and are able and willing to pay 
large prices, if they could find accomo- 
dations in a well conducted sanitarium 
here. There is a fine opening for a cap- 
talist or practical builder to erect houses 
here, for sale or to let. It really seems 
as if a shrewd man Avith some means 
would find a splendid opening in this busi- 
ness. 

HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 

There are two hotels in Sharon, on the 
shores of Massapoag. The Massapoag 
Lake House is on the south side of the 
pond, is beautifully situated and has al- 
most everything desirable to make sum- 
mer life pleasant. The house has been 
open twenty years, during which time it 
has been several times enlarged. The 



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Lake View House on the west shore of 
the pond is a nearly new house having 
l)een erected in 1890. It is within easy 
walking- distance, through a pine grove, 
from Sharon Heiglits station. It com- 
mands a nice view of the lake and in the 
two seasons it lias been open it has earned 
a fine reputation as a well kept family 
hotel. The Sharon House is a boarding 
house within easy walking distance of 
Sharon Station. It accommodates about 
forty which is sometimes increased by 
out lodgers to seventy-five. 

The Winship House on Pond St., has 
large rooms and modern conveniences. 
It can accommodate about twelve wMch 
is mucli increased by persons room- 
ing out. There are also a number of 
houses where from two to a dozen board- 
ers are taken at prices varying from five 
to ten or twelve doUars a week, but the 
supply is far short of the demand, and it 
is well to apply early for board. 

I intend to keep thoroughly posted in 
regard to those who have vacant rooms, 
their location, prices, etc., and am always 
happy to give information and make sug- 
gestions to those seeking board, and am 
often enabled to save them time, trouble 
and money. If those seeking board will 
write, enclosing a stamp, I will cheer- 
fully furnish them any desired informa- 
tion. Please state what you require, how 
many rooms, whether there are children, 
and what prices you expect to pay. "Peas- 



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ouable prices." if from a straiiiier. coii- 
\'eys no information to me, since tliirt}' 
dollars a Aveek from some of my patrons 
Avonld be reasonable, and others tlnd it 
hard to pay five dollars. Generally good 
board cannot be obtained for less than 
seven dollars a weelv. This branch of my 
business is of no pecuniary profit to me, 
))ut it is my desire and for my interest to 
see people located in Sharon to their own 
satisfaction. Good carriages Avith care- 
ful drivers Avho l^nowthe boarding places, 
Avill be furnished on application to me at 
not to exceed one dollar an lionr. Come 
1)y the 11.00 A. M. or 2.00 l\ M. train: if 
coming on an}' otlier train, give previous 
notice by mail, telegraph or telephone, 
and my carriage Avill be at the station. 
No charge for info)"mation or suggestions, 
but those Avho find it necessary to employ 
a carriage Avill confer favor on me and in 
some measure recompense me for my 
tronl)le. l>v [)atronizing my teams. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



36 

W. B. WICKES, 

GeijeiQl Business Hpnt 



(ESTABLISHED 1870.) 

Sharon, Mass. 



HEAL ESTATE 

Sold, Leased and Cared for, j 

FARMS, HOUSES. WOODLANDS. 
BUSINESS CHANCES AND 

UNIMPROVED PROPEUTY 

HOUSES TO LET 

BOTH rrnxisiiKD and rxi ri;xisiii;i). 



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CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE 



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Sharon A i liaise. 



rpo let fiirniehed, the Turner Estate a 2-Htory, 
-*- eight room house, well furuished, ample 
ground for a garden and .some fruit. It has south- 
ern exposure and is in the heart of the village; will 
lie let by the year or for the summer. 

Cn)R sale, the A. Ci. Hixon Estate. About 5-8 
-*- of an acre of land, on Main St. in the centre of 
the village. There is a large brick house and large 
barn with plenty of apples. This place will be in 
demand soon for business purposes and will rapid-^ 
ly increase in value. 



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OR sale, on Main St. an eight room, two-story 
house and 1-3 of an acre of land. Price, $3500, 



rno let, on Main St., close to the churches and 
-■-stores, a nicely furnished 8-room housef furnace 
heat. Will be let for the summer or a year. Pos- 
session given April 1. 

t^OIl sale, on ifain St. 1-2 of a mile from station, a 
■*- Irt-foom house, all modern conveniences and in 
perfect repair. There are 10 acres of land and a 
large barn ; all kinds of fruit. Price .«10,U00, and it 
is cheap enough. 



Tj^Oll sale, on Main St., 80 rods from Post Office, a 
^ modern house, 10 rooms, laundry, bath room, 
conservatory, and all modern conveniences, includ- 
ing steam heat and gas. There is 45,000 feet of, 
land well stocked with all kinds of fruit, has fine 
shade. There is a stable with carriage room, box 
stalls, pony stall, and room for man, cow stalls in 
basement of stable; there is also a large poultry 
house. More laud can be had if desiied. This is 
an elegant place; come and see it. 



T^IRECTLY opposite, above, is a 13-room. nearly 
-*-^new house, has furnace heat: 45,000 feet of land 
on Avhich is a fine grove. Will be sold on easy terms 
or let to a good tenant. 



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rnu let, on the highef»t land iu the %illage, a nearly 
-*- new, 9-room house, has gas, fnrnace, hot and 
cold water, bath and electric bells. This is an ele- 
gant place; there is a tine stable, and it will be let 
for a year or longer. 

/^X Billings St., For sale, a very desirable estate 
^-^ consisting of ll-room house.'stable, 3 i)oultry 
houses and 1-acre of land with all kinds of fruit; 
the house has all modern conveniences and is very 
sunny. It is central and the land is likely to rise 
in vaiue. Price $5,000 on easy terms, but it is now 
rented and must be sold subject to lease. 



"p^OR sale or to let, on Pond St., 1-2 of a very nice 
-*- double house and 1-3 of an acre of land well 
stocked with small fruits. The house is 'J-story, a 
neat plnce. has furnace heat and is a desirable 
place for a small family. 



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X Pond St., a house and about 1 acn- of land, 
house has 11 rooms, some of them large and has 
modern conveniences. Jt is a tine place for a large 
family and is only eight minutes walk from the 
station. 



OX Pond St. For sale 1-2 a double cottage house 
and 1-4 of an acre of land. This would make a 
nice home for one or two ladies or an aged couple. 
Price $750 on easj' terms. 

FOR sale. Only eight minutes walk from the sta- 
tion, a nearly new 9-room house and 1-2 acre 
of land. This is a nice place and will be sold at a 
bargain with or without furniture. 



Tj^OR sale. A good nearly new 2-story house 
^ barn and hen-house and nearly 2-acrcs of land ; 
there are lots of nice apples and it is quite a little 
farm only live minutes walk from Post Otiice. 
Price $3,200. 



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T EXPECT to sell thi?: spring an extra nice "Jo-acre 
-*- farm with a good house aud barn. Hon.*e has 
modern improvemeuts and the laud is stocked with 
fruits and berries and has a splendid pine grove; 
the rear of the farm borders on a pond. It is 3-4 of 
a mile from the station, and 1-2 of a mile from Pub- 
lic Square. 

rpOK sale. A large modern 16-room house and 
■^ verj' tine stable, house has all modern conveni- 
ences including gas and commands a splendid view. 
It is an elegant place, come and see it. 

rpHESE village places are all within from one to 
-^ eight minutes walk of the Post Otilce aud Public 
Library and are all supplied with the famous Shar- 
on Spring Water. 

T^OR sale. On the line of the water-pipes and 
-*- only five minutes walk from station, 4-acres 
of building laud, sets high, commanding a tine view 
and has perfect drainage. I'rice cS'i.oOO. 

EAR the above I have some tine building lots 
to sell. 



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IJ^OR sale. Three minutes walk from station, 9 
^ acres of vacant laud very desirable for house 

lots. Has a tine view, southern exposure and 

perfect drainage. 



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EAR the above I have 2 1-2 acres of wood land 
that I will sell at a bargain. 



FOR sale. Other lots of vacant land and wood 
lands near the station, some of them on the 
main roads. 

FOR sale. About eight minutes walk from the 
station and near churches, schools, post-otiice 
and stores, a nearly new house and 1-2 of an acre 
of land. This house commands as fine a view as 
there is in Sharon village, overlooking parts of 
Stoughton, Canton, Norwood, Dedham, Hyde Park, 
Milton and Boston. Of course the drainage is per- 
fect as it sets very high. Come and look at it. 



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TF you want to hiiikl a hout-c to suito yoiuKflf, I 
-*- can !<ell yovi a tine lot on Billings St. right in the 
ht-art of the'village. Buy it and build u house and 
if you don't wish to live in it I can rent it for you 
for a large jjer cent on the cost. Right here let rac 
say that rents are very high in Sharon as there are 
not near enough houses to supply the demand. It 
is useless to come here expecting to hire a desirable 
place at a low rent. Probably in the next three 
months 1 shall have many calls for tenements that 
I can't supply. 



"C^OK sale, in the village, a new house, very nice, 
-*- and 1-acre of land, !it!3,(Viu. ;N[ore land can be 
had if desired. 

"POU sale, on the edge of the village a good 7-room 
^ house and 1-2 of an acre of land. There are 
>])]endid great trees on the rear of the lot, $2,250. 

"C^OR sale. About .3-4 of a mile from the station, 
-^ a nice nearly new house, very pleasant. 

on Tolman St. a good liouse-lot, T-'>xllO 



FOR sale. 
,*1(3.3. 



HOT'SK lots for sale on Tolman, Cottage and 
Woodland Sts., at from 2 to 2 l-2c a foot, some 
of them have pine groves on them. 

W. B. WiCKES. Sharon. 



Sharon Heights. 



AT and near the Heights Station 1 have several 
farnis that I can sell at a bargain and they are 
nimost sure to rise in value soon. 



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XE of oO-acres, new cottage house, old barn, 
fruit and wood, $3,000. 

/^XE of 30-acres, 7-room cottage, barn and 5 hen 



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houses; 500 cords of wood, $2,200. 

XE of 46-acres, house, barn, wood, 
meadow, $2,250; that is abargain. 



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/~\XE of 1 acre with large li()ii>t', big onough for 
^^ boarders, l)arn etc., #1,700; only ^300 down. 

A XOTHEHwith l-'2 of an acre, #1,000 only #200- 
-^^ down. 



A 6-aere farm, no luiildings, cheap 



TTOUSE lots and vacant lands so cheap tliey must 
-*--*• rise in value soon. 

A FINE pine grove of 4-acres with (i-acres of 
cleared for $2,000. 

T CAN sell a large tract of splendid building land 
-*- cheap. This is a rare chance for a party with 
monej- and enterprise to make a lot of money. 

Tj^OR sale, near Sharon Heights Station, a good 
-^ two-story house and 1-2 of au acre of land, 
.1?1,000 on easy terms. 

FOR sale. A gentleman's farm, a nearly new 
house with all modern conveniences, a large 
stable and 14-acres of land. There are tine old 
shade trees, good fruits, house sets high, on 
the borders of a lake, and take it all in all, it is one 
of the finest places in the beautiful town of Sharon. 
Price, #8,000 and the land alone ought to bring that. 



Lari^e Farms. 



A 175-acre farm with two houses and three barns 
-^*- will be sold at a bargain, with or without 
stock and tools. This farm is a nice one for a prac- 
tical or an amateur farmer, as the land is in a high 
state of cultivation, the buildings are finely situated 
on very high ground and the i)lace is worth the at- 
tention of any one seeking health, wealth or pleasure. 

"VTEAR the above and equally well situated is a 
-^^ l.iO-acre farm, two houses, t^o barns, and lots 
of fruit. Farm is very productive and well adapted 
to grass or any crop. 



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/"~»X Moiiiitiiiu St. in Sharon 1 c:in m-II you a 3t>0- 
^^ acre farm, owner having worked on it about 
eighty years winheri to let f^ome younger man have 
a chance. Will be .sold oil easy termis. 

TN Dedhani 1 ha\ e a very nice farm with an old 
•*- fashion two-story houVe and large barn. Will 
sell chea]) to cloi^e up an estate. 

TX Canton 1 have a splendid stock farm, a fair 
-*- barn and a no account house. This property i- 
verj' desirable to cut ui). 



HoMs and Boarding Houses. 



T HAVE two or three very desiral)le hotels to 
-^ sell, and can offer great bargains in that line to 
the right parties. One of thera has been full every 
summer since it was built. It will be sold with or 
without the furnishings, at a price that will make 
it a rare bargain. Any practical hotel man who is 
seeking a location will do well to confer with me at 
once. Often I have hotels offered me in other 
places and can most always give would be purchas- 
ers great bargains. 

ON the borders of the ^tassapoag 1 have for sale 
a 200-acre farm, cottage house, old farm barn. 
This farm has been in oue family more than 150 
years ; it belongs now to a widow who has no boys 
and is readj' to sell it at a sacrilice. 

EAR Massapoag is a .300-acre farm. It is the 
old, old story, boys all gone away and the 
farm which has been in the family for generations 
is for sale. Will sell part or all of it. 

TCE, ice. 1 have a splendid ice privilege to sell. 



TO let. A large new building, suitable for a store, 
marketer otilier business. Also several cham- 
bers suitable for offices, millinery or dressmaking. 
The whole building might be let" for manufacturing 
purposes. 



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"T^OK s:i!o. near tlie Massapoag House, a "io-acre 
-*- farm, old hou(<e in fine repair, ^l,7i)0, $300 
down. 



T^OR pale. Near the above a 16-acre farm, very 
-*- old house, fair barn for, $1,200. 

"ClOR Bale. A1)Out 1 1-2 miles from station, on a 
-* main road, 1-2 of a mile from Post Office, a .3-acre 
farm, all kinds of fruit, house and barn in perfect 
repair. Must be sold to settle an estate. J'rice $1,- 
700; one-half down. 

Tj^OR sale. On Main iSt. Sharon, 1 1-4 miles from 
-^ station, a 30-acre farm, good vegetable land and 
nice place for poultry. Cotfage house,? rooms, good 
little barn, lots of pine and hard wood, $2,200. 



A T North Sharon I have for sale a farm that has 
■^^ been run very successfully as a milk farm. It 
is not over 1 1-2 miles to station over a good road, 
is near school and is in some respects as good a 
farm as there is in Sharon. 

TF you want a 'large cottage house with lots of 
-*■ sheds and a barn and plenty of land, near school 
jind on main road, J have such a place for $3,500. 

IF you want a quiet place, away from the bustle 
and turmoil of life and yet not far from a good 
yearly school, 1 have it andean sell it right. It is 
i-2 of a mile from a country road but it is a roman- 
tic place. 



Lands for Buildeis and Specu- 
lators. 



DfRECTLY on the railroad I have some large 
tracts of land that can be divided up at a great 
profit. I should be pleased to confer with parties 
having money and brains enough to handle some of 
them. I have also building lands in Canton and 
other towns. Write to me or come and see me. 

W. B. WiCKES. 



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t^OR ^ale. ,Vt I'oiikjpoi; vilhige in Canton, a voiy 
-^ nice two-story houii-e in perfect repair and tine 
stable. This is a tsplendid place in an aristocratic 
village. 



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OR Hale near Canton Junction Station 
house and large garden and grove. 



T^OR sale, in East Foxboro, an extra nice 14-room 
-^ house and large barn; 20-acres of land includ- 
ing 8-acres of wood laud, The house sets high, has 
a wide piazza, is near station and Is admirably 
adapted for boarders. '^J'here is plenty of email 
fruit. It is in the heart of the village,' near Post 
Oilice, store, church and school. Price $5,000 on 
very easy terms. Inquire of Oliver H. Green, 
Equitable Building, Boston, or W. B. Wickes, 
Sharon. 

"C^OR sale, on Moose Hill, Sharon, lU-acres of valn- 
-^ able building land on the corner of Moose Hill 
and Depot Sts. It is high and commands a splendid 
view. Price .$1,200. 



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■^OR sale, in Sharon, 1 mile from the Public 
Square, two farms, one of them has a large, 
modern house, large stable, all kinds of fruit, plenty 
of wood including a fine pine grove. 

/^PPOSITE the above is another farm belonging 
^-^ to the same party. There is a new two-story 
house, barn and plenty of land; there is a tine trout 
brook on this place. Here, it is the same old story, 
boys gone away and the head of the house finds 
himself with two farms on his hands and lots of 
out land and must sacrifice something and get rid 
of them. 



TCTOR sale,in Sharon, on a main street, a nice little 4 
-*^ acre place,all kinds of fruit,6-room house. Barn 
buildings need slight repairs. It is in a good neigh- 
liorhood and near school. Price fl, 000, "$-500 cash. 



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COAL AND WOOD 

COAL OF ALL SIZES. 

HARD & SOFT WOOD & KINDLING 



AVood cut and split to any sizedesirec 
Fire-place "wood a specialty. All order 
fllled promptly. 



Box 10. Sliaroii. .Mass 



ICE 



Tin-: IT n EST .vxd best of 

MASSAPOAG ICE 

Delivered in any quantity desired ? 
wholesale or retail. Careful and expt 
rienced drivers employed to supply fam 
lies. 

Send orders by mail or leave tliem s 
my residence. Cliestnut St.. Sharon. 



POND STREET 
Livery Stable 



I)()ui)le and Single Carriages with or 
"without drivers furnished at short notice. 
Also 

HACKS, 

BAllGES, 

WAGOXETTES and 

PARTY WAGONS. 

The I)est of care taken of boarding 
liorses. Winter board for horses. 

Depot carriages at trains. 

Carriages for large parties or to the 
midnight trains may be ordered by mail, 
telegraph or telephone. 

My stable is near the residence of W. 
B. Wickes, and carriages may be ordered 
by telephone to liim. 



SHARON, MASS. 



V. E. HOWARD, 80. SHARON, 

r. <> ADDKi.ss. i.Asr I oxi'.or.o. 

FIRE WOOD PREPARED 

For stove or Hrej>hicc. Delivered prompt- 
ly in any (iiuintity desired. 



LONG BROTHERS, 

Sharon, keep in st,,ek KVKKV AKTICLE 
USU.\LLY KKiT IN A COUNTKY 
STOKE Fernianent Residents. (\)ttagers 
and Summer Kesidents supplied Avith 
,<::oods ei|ual in (piality to any in Boston. 
A niem])er of the lii'm will call Un- orders 
and deliver ^ootls promptly. 



ATIA SPRI\G WATER, 

From Atla Springs, Sharon. 

(Boston Office, . oj ^Arch St. 



H. F. LEOXAIID, Sharon. 

COAL • 



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prREO) M. C^RO OKEIl. 

Over Long's Store, Chestnut St., Sharon. 

Particular attention given to dressing 
and cutting Ladies' and Children's hair. 

Pure Sharon Milk 

From my own herd of choice Ilolstein 
cows. 

Send orders bv mail or leave tlu'in with 
W. B. WICKES". 

C, A, HIXSON, - Sharon. 
WmSHIP HOUSE 

rOND STKEET. - - SHARON. 



Large rooms, modern conveniences, 
good talkie. Open all the year. 

Adduess. Box l.'iO, - Siiakox, Mass. 



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D. W. Pettee 



— DEALER IN — 

PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, DRY 
GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES 
and RUBBERS, BUILDING MATE- 
RIALS, and all the varieties of a general 
store. Orders solicited, and goods deliv- 
ered promptly. 

Sharon, . . . . Mass. 

MARKET. 
W. W. BROOKS, 

Makes a specialty of supplying Summer 
Residents, Cottagers, and all others with 

MEATS, POULTRY, 

GAME, VEGETABLES, 

CANNED GOODS, 

:]BTJTT3E3R., 

and all goods usually kept in a well- 
stocked market. 

W. W. BROOKS, - Sharon. 

Orders by telephone may be left with 

W. B. WiCKES. 



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WHH DO YOU mV. 



Do you want a farm to get a living on? 

Do you want a farm for a playtliing? 

Do you want a cranberry meadow? 

Do you w^ant a poultry yard? 

Do you want a wood lot? 

Do you want a lot of vacant land? 

Do you w^ant a house for a home? 

Do you want a house to let, as an invest- 
ment? 

Do you want to hire a house? 

Do you want to sell a house or let one? 

Do you want to sell a farm or some land? 

Do you want a boarding place? 

Do you want to take boarders? 

Do you want to sell ^ny kind of business? 

Do you want to go into any kind of busi- 
ness or invest any money? 

In short, do you wish to buy, sell or hire 
anything in Sharon or vicinity, or 
want to get a home in Sharon? 

Apply to W. B. WICKES, Sharon. 
Telephone Connection. 

WHAT 1)0 YOD WANT ? 



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